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February 27, 2006
 

BUSINESS.COM PARTNERS WITH ENTREPRENEUR.COM AND SMALLBIZSEARCH.COM

Leading B2B Search Engine Adds Two Premier Business Publishers to Distribution Network

Santa Monica, Calif., February 27, 2006 – Business.com, the leading search engine designed and organized for business, today announced a content distribution agreement between Business.com and Entrepreneur.com, the largest and most popular small business website on the internet. This agreement makes Business.com’s contextual search results available to Entrepreneur.com and SmallBizSearch.com users.

Business.com’s targeted search listings are immediately available to Entrepreneur.com’s 5 million unique visitors every month. Additionally, Business.com will power the search and provide directory results for SmallBizSearch.com. 

"Entrepreneur.com has long been recognized as a premier brand, and we are pleased to add them to our distribution network of top-tier business publishers," said Hooman Malekzad, Business.com's General Manager of Network Distribution. "Business.com and Entrepreneur.com share the mission of delivering the best and most meaningful industry information to business professionals."

"Entrepreneur.com is one of the largest small business websites on the internet and partnering with Business.com, the leader in business search, helps us provide business owners with the tools and resources they need to solve the challenges of starting, running and growing a successful business," said Chuck Fuller, senior vice-president of corporate development for Entrepreneur.com.

Business.com’s proprietary placement and relevancy ranking systems enable contextual placement of specific advertisements tied to relevant website sections, allowing web publishers to add value to their online brands and monetize their existing product. Business.com anticipates the needs of professionals by creating a logical approach to business search. Its taxonomy of 65,000 industry categories allows users to precisely locate information and resources. If users do not know exactly what they are looking for when they begin searching, Business.com's intuitive directory structure helps them drill down and easily find the most relevant results to meet their business needs.

Entrepreneur.com and SmallBizSearch.com join other top-tier online publishers in the Business.com Distribution Network including BusinessWeek, CNet, Fast Company, Financial Times, Forbes and Inc. The network reaches more than 30 million professionals.

About Entrepreneur.com

With over 200,000 pages of content, Entrepreneur.com is one of the largest and most popular business websites on the Internet. We provide business owners with practical information, expert answers from recognized business consultants and a wide range of services designed to solve the challenges of starting, running and growing a successful business.

About Entrepreneur Media Inc.

Entrepreneur Media Inc. is an organization of people dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs worldwide to start and grow successful companies.  To provide entrepreneurs with the relevant information they need to make informed decisions, Entrepreneur Media Inc. offers a full range of products and services. Products include: Magazines - Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur's Startups, Entrepreneur Mexico, Entrepreneur Philippines and Entrepreneur Hungary; Websites - Entrepreneur.com, SoyEntrepreneur.com, Smallbizsearch.com, EntrepreneurPress.com, Smallbizbooks.com, and Freebks.com; Book Publishing - Entrepreneur Press, Entrepreneur's eBooks and Business Startup Guides; Also - Conferences and Custom Publishing.

About Business.com:

Business.com (http://www.business.com) is the leading business-to-business search engine, directory and online ad network. Founded in 1999, Business.com was recently named to the Inc. 500 and BtoB Magazine Media Power 50. The company’s investment partners include Benchmark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Evercore Partners, Reed Business Information and McGraw-Hill.

Media Contact:

Colleen Campbell
Slack Barshinger
312.970.5881
colleen.campbell@slackbarshinger.com

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